Jamie DavisFor U.S. Senate · Louisiana
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On The Issues

A Louisiana
We Can All Afford

Louisiana is last in poverty, top three in homeowner insurance, and our senators just voted to gut the Medicaid funding that keeps rural hospitals open. None of that is a coincidence — and none of it has to stay this way.

What Washington Just Did To Us

The Senate Republicans — including both of ours — just made life harder in Louisiana.

Voted YES on $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts

Putting 32 Louisiana rural hospitals on the closure watch list — in a state where 1 in 3 people rely on Medicaid.

OBBBA · July 2025
Voted YES on $4 trillion in new debt

To extend tax breaks tilted toward the top — paid for by cuts to the programs Louisiana families actually use.

2025 Tax Law
Did NOTHING on the insurance crisis

While Louisiana premiums hit $7,304 — third-highest in America — and 125,000 families got pushed onto Citizens.

2021 – present
01

The Insurance Crisis

$7,304
avg. LA homeowner premium — 3rd-highest in the nation, more than double the U.S. average

After Laura, Delta, and Ida, eleven insurers went insolvent and rates exploded. Louisiana families are paying for a market the state broke and Washington won't fix.

  • 01
    Make insurers prove their rate hikes with a federal backstop, real loss-data transparency, and an end to the "pay or sue" runaround.
  • 02
    Strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program so working families along the coast and the river aren't forced to drop coverage.
  • 03
    Stop letting Citizens become a permanent dumping ground — policies there grew from 34,000 to over 125,000 in four years.
02

Hospitals & Healthcare

32
Louisiana rural hospitals at risk of closure under the new federal Medicaid cuts

Both our senators voted yes on the largest Medicaid cut in history. In a state where 1 in 3 people are on Medicaid, that's not policy — it's a closure notice for rural Louisiana.

  • 01
    Reverse the OBBBA Medicaid cuts before they shut the doors of hospitals from Winnsboro to Ville Platte.
  • 02
    Protect maternal care in the Delta — Louisiana already has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the country.
  • 03
    Lower prescription drug prices using Medicare's buying power, not pharma's pricing power.
  • 04
    Move toward a Medicare option for all with fair pay for the doctors and nurses who never left.
03

Affordability

18.9%
of Louisianans live in poverty — the highest rate in the United States

Groceries, gas, and rent keep climbing while wages don't. Washington keeps writing tax laws for the people who already have everything.

  • 01
    Roll back the 2025 tax law that added $4 trillion to the debt to cut taxes for the top.
  • 02
    Raise the federal minimum wage — Louisiana's is still $7.25, the federal floor since 2009.
  • 03
    Build affordable housing in Baton Rouge, NOLA, Lafayette, and Shreveport so working families can stay in the cities they grew up in.
  • 04
    Crack down on price-gouging at the pump when refiners post record profits and Louisiana drivers pay the bill.
04

Farms & Working Land

3,200
acres of sorghum, corn, soy, and cotton — Jamie farms the same Delta ground his grandfather worked

Jamie isn't a career politician explaining farms to you. He runs one. He knows what a five-year farm bill means at the kitchen table.

  • 01
    Pass a real five-year Farm Bill with reference prices that reflect what it actually costs to put a crop in the ground.
  • 02
    Protect crop insurance and disaster aid — Louisiana farmers can't outrun every hurricane and flash drought alone.
  • 03
    Break up consolidation in seed, fertilizer, and grain so independent farmers aren't squeezed from both ends.
  • 04
    Invest in Delta infrastructure — ports, roads, and rural broadband that move our crops and our kids forward.
05

Clean Air for Cancer Alley

50×
the national cancer risk in some River Parishes census tracts along the petrochemical corridor

From Baton Rouge to New Orleans, neighborhoods built by Louisiana families are breathing what the rest of the country wouldn't. That ends.

  • 01
    Enforce the Clean Air Act against the worst polluters along the 85-mile petrochemical corridor.
  • 02
    Stop rubber-stamping new permits on top of communities already carrying the heaviest health burden in the state.
  • 03
    Fund health monitoring and clinics in St. James, St. John the Baptist, Iberville, and Ascension parishes.
  • 04
    Build the energy transition here — Louisiana energy workers should build what comes next, not be left out of it.
Sources

Where these numbers come from

Avg. LA homeowner premium $7,304 / 3rd-highest
Insurance Information Institute, 2024
Citizens policies grew 34K → 125K (2020–2024)
LA Dept. of Insurance
11 LA insurers insolvent 2021–22
LA Dept. of Insurance
32 LA rural hospitals at risk under OBBBA
Cecil G. Sheps Center, UNC, 2025
Cassidy & Kennedy voted YES on OBBBA / Medicaid cuts
U.S. Senate Roll Call, July 2025
1 in 3 Louisianans on Medicaid
KFF / LDH, 2024
18.9% LA poverty rate — highest in U.S.
U.S. Census ACS 1-year, 2023
LA minimum wage = federal $7.25
U.S. DOL
Cancer Alley risk up to 50× national average (some tracts)
EPA NATA / ProPublica analysis
Per-pupil spending ~46th nationally
NEA Rankings & Estimates 2024